Photos: Mount Royal gets springtime cleanup

John Kenney05.04.2013

Celine Laberge, left, Janis Warne and Christine Chagnaud confer to make sure that a branch cut was indeed a buckthorn branch during the annual cleanup at Mount Royal on Sunday. Buckthorn is an invasive plant that shades-out and chokes native species.

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Danielle LeBorgne picks-up garbage during the annual cleanup at Mount Royal on Sunday.The day’s activities also included indigenous tree and shrub planting, alien invasive plant cutting and evaluation of previously planted trees.John Kenney

Diane Stacey looks for garbage to pick up during the annual cleanup at Mount Royal on Sunday. The day’s activities also included indigenous tree and shrub planting, alien invasive plant cutting and evaluation of previously planted trees.John Kenney

Christine Chagnaud clears out buckthorn branches during the annual cleanup at Mount Royal on Sunday. Buckthorn is and invasive plant that shades-out and chokes native species.John Kenney

Mila Butelet picks up garbage near one of the last patches of snow on Mount Royal during the annual cleanup of the mountain on Sunday.John Kenney

Melanie Linton and others pick up garbage during the annual cleanup at Mount Royal on Sunday. The day’s activities also included indigenous tree and shrub planting, alien invasive plant cutting and evaluation of previously planted trees.John Kenney

Volunteer Martin Fournier takes time from his garbage collecting to hug a tree during the annual cleanup at Mount Royal on Sunday, May 5, 2013.The day’s activities also included indigenous tree and shrub planting, alien invasive plant cutting and evaluation of previously planted trees.John Kenney

Brother and sister Benoit and Nathalie Jobin, volunteers during the annual cleanup at Mount Royal on Sunday, look for garbage to pick-up.The day’s activities also included indigenous tree and shrub planting, alien invasive plant cutting and evaluation of previously planted trees.John Kenney

Elodie Hipki picks-up garbage during the annual cleanup at Mount Royal on Sunday.John Kenney

Elodie Hipki, left, and Isabelle Nolet pick-up garbage during the annual cleanup at Mount Royal on Sunday.John Kenney